This is a structured language programme to
teach a range of language skills, through stories, story themes and
storytime at 3 different levels – teaching vocabulary, building
sentences and developing sequencing and narrative skills.
Stories for Talking provides a
highly structured prescriptive set of activities for 5 popular stories
(Goldilocks, Dora's Egss, Washing Line, The Enormous Turnip, and Walking in
the Jungle)
in addition to an in depth explanatory section for those who want to
further develop the ideas into their own planning.
The programme also covers
many of the goals within the EYFS, and addresses the needs of the many
children with Speech, Language and Communication needs highlighted in
the recent Bercow Review.

Imaginative ideas for dealing with
some of the more common difficult behaviours that you might have to deal
with from biting to swearing. The book is divided into two sections - a
short section offering a set of principles for managing children's
behaviour, followed by an A-Z of typical problem behaviours, with real-life
examples and suggested solutions.

What is ‘typical’ behaviour in
young children? How do you set about changing problem behaviour?
What do we mean when we talk about behaviour management? How do
I draw up a Behaviour Policy for the nursery? What is the best
way of observing and assessing behaviour?
What sort of interventions should I try, and what happens when
those don’t seem to be working? How should we support parents
who have a child with challenging behaviour?

This book provides a method for
assessing and recording what children can do in the Foundation Stage. Aimed
especially at teachers who have children with special educational needs in
their care, it can be used with all children and fits in well with everyday
activities. It adopts a ‘one step at a time’ approach and suggests ideas on
how to develop a child’s repertoire of play.

Bullying: Managing
fear in young children

£6 (FREE postage)

When a child is suffering because
of persistent teasing or where a child has been bullied, the
adults in their lives are often left feeling ‘if only I could do
something to help...’. This book provides one method of giving
such help using techniques taken from cognitive behavioural
therapy and NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming).

Suitable for professionals and parents who are concerned that a
child is vulnerable to bullying and/or teasing, this book
provides a discreet approach for helping the child to cope
better. The ‘talk-through’ approach aims to provide a practical
framework for you to ‘get started’.

Do you have a
child with a very short fuse? A child that overreacts in most
situations?
Based loosely on cognitive behaviour therapy and using a
‘talk-through’ approach, you will be able to help the child to
think about his/her feelings in a different way and feel more in
control of them.
There are twelve, clearly laid out practical sessions that use
fireworks as a model for understanding and working on strategies
to manage anger – the initial spark that lights the fuse, the
speed at which the fuse burns, and the explosive firework.

A practical
framework to help adults provide emotional support to young
children aged 4 to 11. It can be used at home or at school.
There are 12 practical sessions with the emphasis on involving
the child in each. There are useful activities for working on relaxation
techniques, comments from adults who have used the approach and a list of
further resources to help.

Listening to children involves much more
than simply ‘hearing’ what they have to say . . . we know that. But how
do we tune in to children? How do we really see things from their
point of view?
Here are practical ways to help you do just that -
techniques for developing good two-way communication; ideas on how to
use cameras to involve children; child conferencing; child passports;
the Mosaic approach and many, many more. There are also
sections on how to tune in to babies; working with children with
disabilities and some examples of all these activities in practice.

Why is it that the children who
can least afford to switch off are the ones who don’t pay
attention? And that children who most need to ask for help are
the ones least likely to do so? If children are opting out in
the classroom, switching off or passively waiting for direction,
we need to understand the barriers they face and help them
engage by making their learning opportunities more meaningful,
interactive and rewarding.
This will help you make the classroom experience more accessible
to all learners, and highlights the links between behaviour and hidden
language processing difficulties.

An introduction includes a
'frequently asked questions' type section; chapter two discusses diagnoses
and labelling; there is a chapter on understanding autistic spectrum
disorders, and others covering educational goals and specialist approaches,
working with parents, building communication skills, developing social
understanding and play and, finally, managing behaviour.

In this book Hannah Mortimer concentrates on
planning and supporting the individual needs of children with attention
difficulties. There are useful pointers to help in
identification; examples of developing, implementing and monitoring
programmes and activities; working with other professionals; and working in
partnership with parents.

Emotional literacy encompasses a range of
important issues including self-awareness, self-control, dealing with
relationships, communicating with others, and self-esteem. It is a term
that is increasingly being used to describe the work we do with children
to foster their mental health. In this book, Hannah Mortimer looks at
children’s early learning and behaviour, what happens when things go
wrong and what we need to do to encourage emotional well-being.

Exploring some of the myths and dilemmas
surrounding giftedness, the author focuses on strategies in which carers
are encouraged to match different learning styles with different
teaching approaches. There is also helpful guidance on managing
behaviour and working with families.

The issues are addressed in a clear and
readable style, always with short examples and a practical focus.

This book will be useful to all who work with young children as an aid to
observe their strengths and weaknesses and provide appropriate programmes
and activities where necessary.

Dorothy Smith provides a succinct summary
covering background information about the nature of specific learning
difficulties and then focuses on three key areas: developing and
implementing procedures for the regular observation and assessment of
children; developing programmes and activities to meet the needs of children
with specific learning difficulties; and working with parents.

This focuses on assessing the social and emotional needs of
all children; developing programmes and activities to
meet the social and emotional needs of each child; strategies for helping self-confidence and
esteem; developing and implementing programmes and
activities to support children with difficult and challenging behaviour; monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the
assessment of children.

Literacy links the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. In this book, Dorothy Smith provides a
comprehensive analysis of the acquisition of these important skills.
Assessment techniques are also examined and a wide variety of activities
suggested. Written in an easy and accessible style, this book will enhance
effective language and literacy teaching and learning in early years
settings.

At a very early age, children are beginning to grasp
mathematical ‘concepts’ as they endeavour to make sense of the world. In
this book, Hannah Mortimer explains these early stages of development
and provides practical examples of how early years workers can support
and encourage early number work. From the child’s first year, through
toddlerhood, the under threes and the Foundation Stage, examples are
given that will help you both understand and support children’s
mathematical development.

This is a practical book for parents on how to
manage their young children’s behaviour positively and effectively. There
are suggestions for managing bedtimes and mealtimes, ideas for encouraging
independence and approaches for encouraging appropriate behaviour. There are
also helpful suggestions on preparing young children for nursery and school.

Managing your 8-12 year-old

£2.50 (FREE postage) ... normal price £2.95

A user-friendly guide covering areas such
as improving a child's self-esteem, communication, making rules and
setting boundaries, rewards, sanctions and dealing with arguments. The
advice given is flexible and practical.

Managing your 13-16 year-old

£2.50 (FREE postage) ... normal price £2.95

This provides a practical guide for the difficult teenage years
on building self-esteem; the value of good communication; on managing
conflict; and negotiating with a teenager. Plenty of good, practical
suggestions.

Raising children has never been more in the
public eye than in recent times. It is just about one of the most difficult
tasks that we face. Children do need guidance. They also need freedom to
develop their personalities and independence and finding the right balance
is important.

Parents are increasingly recognised as the key
to enabling their children to learn socially acceptable behaviour.
Relationships are seen as central to providing children with an
understanding of how to behave. Positive Parenting has some simple,
practical strategies for parents which will enable them to develop and
improve relationships with their children. It will also provide
professionals with ideas they can pass on to parents.

Baby music time, sensory games, the use of
baby massage and activities to promote looking, listening, laughing,
playing and sharing together. The book helps you to plan your sessions,
describes the kind of sessions that work best, offers practical
suggestions for activities and provides you with a framework for
evaluating what you’re doing.

Music and Play

£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6

This book will help you with ideas about
what you need in terms of equipment and skills; suggestions for the
music session that are accessible at any level of musical ability (you
do not need to be musical yourself); supported play activities;
evaluate your sessions; a list of resources and contacts.

RUMPUS is a user-friendly title for what
is effectively a pre-school behaviour group. Developed by educational
and child psychologist Hannah Mortimer, the aim is to support parents
and their young children where there are particular difficulties in
managing behaviour. What you will find is a combination of approaches to
put parents at their ease, improve the attention skills of the children,
encourage early language and interactive play, build up family
relationships and provide practical advice based on realistic
expectations.

Some young children need extra support to
encourage their development — they might have special needs or they
might need extra stimulation and structure to make progress. This book
will help you set up and run such a group — how to plan, the type of
sessions that work, suggestions for step by step teaching and finally,
evaluating the sessions.

How to set up a therapeutic group for
parents or carers who have attachment difficulties with their young
children. This will help you understand more about patterns of
attachment and provides practical ways of designing interventions that
will help build self-esteem in parents and carers and their children and
help form attachments.

Accelerating Babies' Communication

£5 + VAT

This is available as a
download only

This is a presentation pack for individuals wishing to introduce baby signing
to parents and carers and create the optimum communication environment for infants. The programme runs over four sessions. The programme runs over four sessions and combines two
excellent approaches:

The ABC programme can be used with parents
interested in teaching their babies to sign, as a preventative tool
where infants may be at risk of language delay or as a remedial tool
where infants are already displaying a delay in their communication.
The pack contains all you need to run the ABC programme and includes: four
session plans;
presenter's guidelines for each session;
ready-prepared handouts for copying;
tips to
help you make the programme a success.

How to order

This is a download. The cost is just £5 + VAT (£6) and you
can copy and use the resources in your setting as much as you
need to. Simply place the order and we will then email you a pdf
of the book.